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The VAS_positive
command uses the Vincent-Akritas-Strzebonski algorithm to find intervals
containing the positive real roots of polynomials.
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VAS_positive takes
P, a polynomial.
- VAS_positive(P) returns a list of
intervals which contain the positive real roots of P, where each
interval contains exactly one root.
Examples
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